Ha ha I get it there was Erasums,foe of Luther,first professional writer,and there's you brasmus. Answer me this clever fellow, was Fischer mad or was he a fool? Is madness just foolishness or visa versa?

Hey C2212: thanks for the response.It had a light-hearted touch.The key for chess players is disspassionate analyses.Nimzovitch warns us that we can't be happy about everything all the time.It's time for putting emotions in the box ; embrace the threat and solve it.

If he wasn't on drugs ( which he wasn't) he should have been. Maybe he would have been a happier and nicer person. But remember drugs are bad so if you have any get rid of them. Send them to me and I will properly dispose of them.

Americans like Fischer first because he was a consumate artist of the chess board, but also because his ascendancy to the world championship seemed to embody an ethic of individual effort and individual genius -- especially in contrast to the more collectivist Soviet approach to chess. Many Americans are willing to forgive Fischer's outlandishness because they don't really expect great artists to also be outstanding exemplars of morality and sensibility in the first place. Consequently, many Americans are inclined to view Fischer's opinions as just that -- mere opinions, rather than as indelible stains on his legacy and constributions to chess.